INTERNATIONAL STYLE ON-FOOT T-HUNT
Saturday May 21st. 2022
Felicita County Park, Escondido, CA 92029
Sponsored by the San Diego T-Hunt Group &
CQ Magazine World Wide Fox Hunting Weekend
Starting times will be 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at 5 minute intervals. If
you start at 1:30 you will have until 3:00 to complete the course. NO
REGISTRATION FEES! There will be 5 hidden T’s using the
MOE-MOI-MOS-MOH-MO5 format. You will be issued a “Punch card” and there
will be orange & white flagging tape at each punch located close to the
T’s which will be concealed. Antennas will all be vertically polarized
with approximately the same radiated power from each “T”.
For information on “International Style Transmitter Hunting” you may go
to Joe Moell, k0ov’s excellent website…. www.homingin.com.
We will have limited equipment to loan for those that do not have small
2-M beams. Bring a connector to go from your HT antenna connector to a
BNC cable (Chinese HT’s not recommended). There will be experienced
Hams present to demonstrate techniques for those that want to learn
about “On-Foot” Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ADRF) and some
“Practice T’s” to experiment with before you start the course. You do
not need a Ham Radio License to participate!
You will be issued a map of the area with major features delineated. A
compass, clipboard and pencil may be handy to plot bearings with.
Dress appropriately and plan on taking water with you while hunting.
A BBQ is planned for about 2:30 PM for those interested. We will have
burgers & hot dogs, buns, condiments, potato salad, drinks, chips &
salsa. BBQ donations can be made on site. If you are staying for BBQ
you might want to bring a folding chair.
For information contact:
Joe Corones, N6SZO @ H-858.484.3582, C-858.603.5545,
jcorones(a)gmail.com
OR… …
Joe Loughlin, KE6PHB @ H-619.461.7854, C-619.403.3149, ke6phb(a)cox.net
Directions: From Interstate 15 in Escondido take Via Rancho PKWY West
about 0.75 miles to Felicita Rd., turn right onto Felicita Rd. and Park
entrance will be 0.5 miles on your left. Park opens at 9:30 and there
is a $3.00 day use parking charge. Take first left and we will be
located close to the N. end of the parking lot. Look for T-Hunt
signs/banners. Coordinates are, 33 04’ 55.65” N, 117 05’ 12.73” W.
COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF HAM RADIO
FYI, new license fee will not apply to license upgrades.
LCM
Levi C. Maaia, K6LCM
Director at Large | K6TZ Trustee
Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club
Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation
www.levimaaia.com | www.k6lcm.com
+1.805.604.5384
On April 5, 2022 at 11:51:07, ARRL Web site (memberlist(a)arrl.org) wrote:
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB011
ARLB011 New FCC Application Fee Will Not Apply to Amateur Radio
License Upgrades
ZCZC AG11
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 11 ARLB011
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT April 5, 2022
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB011
ARLB011 New FCC Application Fee Will Not Apply to Amateur Radio
License Upgrades
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staff has clarified in
response to an ARRL request that the new $35 application fee will
not apply to most license modifications, including those to upgrade
amateur radio licensee's operator class and changes to club station
trustees. The FCC staff explained that the new fees will apply only
to applications for a new license, renewal, rule waiver, or a new
vanity call sign. As previously announced, the new fees take effect
on April 19, 2022.
"We are pleased that the FCC will not charge licensees the FCC
application fee for license upgrade applications," said ARRL
Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM.
"While applicants for a new license will need to pay the $35 FCC
application fee, there will be no FCC charge for future upgrades and
administrative updates, such as a change of mailing or email
address. Most current licensees, therefore, will not be charged the
new FCC application fee until they renew their license or apply for
a new vanity call sign."
ARRL previously reported that the new $35 application fee for
amateur radio licenses will become effective on April 19, 2022.
Further information and instructions about the FCC Application Fee
are available from the ARRL VEC page at,
https://www.arrl.org/fcc-application-fee .
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/EX
Kaleidoscope is a girl scout event that will be held at Live Oak
Campground on Saturday, April 30. They are expecting about 500 or so
girls with a variety of activities similar to a Boy Scout Camporee. The
event starts at 9:00AM and finishes about 5:00PM with lunch included. We
should probably be there sometime around 8:30AM to get setup, etc.
Right now, I have three others besides myself and would like one more
person. We are using electronic scoring (epunch) and that part takes one
person and is covered between a friend of mine from LAOC and myself. The
parts that need to be manned are Training/Start/Finish and the Foxoring
course.
The part we are helping with is putting on a couple of short
orienteering courses, and optionally a short foxoring course. Girls who
finish the orienteering course early can opt to try out the foxoring
course. Foxoring is basically an 80M event using 10 mW transmitters. The
idea is to orienteering to near the transmitters using orienteering
techniques, and then find the 80M transmitter using standard 80M RDF
techniques.
Let me know if you are interested as the names needed to be submitted
last week :) for background checks and let the Girl Scouts know who will
be there.
Email is the best way to contact me, marvin(a)west.net, although telephone
also works 805-687-8881.
Thanks!
Marvin, KE6HTS
